Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Environment and Forest and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare all have got a different roles to play to provide drinking water of adequate quantity and potable quality to meet the health needs of the community. All of them are involved and play their respective roles to provide quality water and its management. Roles of different agencies are listed below:

  • Ministry of Water Resources: The Central Ground Water Board is monitoring bothquantitative and qualitative data with regard to ground water. Apart from this CGWB has developed ground water maps concerning various qualitative issues.
  • Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation: Working through variousUrban Bodies, the Ministry is involved in monitoring drinking water quality in the urban agglomerations. There are quite a few Water Boards especially in Metro Cities who are equipped to take up the job, but not all urban bodies keep watch of the quality of water being provided on regular basis.
  • Ministry of Rural Development: Department of Drinking Water in the Ministry isworking through State public Health Engineering Departments or Water boards are monitoring the drinking water quality in the rural areas of the country. Almost all the districts do have WQ laboratory. Though WQ is generally tested during installation, follow up testing is not done on regular basis. The department in certain places is initiating community involvement for WQ testing including “Catchments Approach".
  • Ministry of Environment and Forests: Working through Central Pollution ControlBoard, the Ministry is involved in monitoring water quality of main rivers and big water bodies. Most of these water sources are being used for drinking water purposes. So CPCB itself or through State Pollution Control Boards is having a watch on raw water quality.
  • Ministry of Health: So far the Ministry had been playing a limited role with regard to drinking water surveillance in some selected areas. But with the inclusion of drinking water under food category, MoH will be playing a significant role. But as things stand now not all the water being consumed by the communities are of drinkable standards. Apart form coordination amongst various agencies on day-to-day basis at the local level, not all WQ laboratories are properly equipped to tackle the issue. There is also a gap with regard to trained manpower. Not all the results are properly recorded and follow up corrective measures are properly monitored. To strengthen the WQ surveillance programme it is necessary to have a common agenda for the concerned Ministries. The meeting is needed to initiate a dialogue to reach the common goal.

One of the five main principles of the Local Government Water Code says 'access to clean and affordable drinking water is a fundamental right. As such, governments have an obligation to ensure water and sanitation services for all' -(Lisbon Principles, 2001).

The three principles that are completely in accordance to our motto

…Clean water, Serve water, Save water.

That water must be governed as a common good; water must be protected as the ecological foundation of life; water must be managed as a finite economic resource; and water must be preserved as a shared cultural asset. Access to safe drinking water is a vital issue for the society especially for children who are prone to diseases easily. Diseases caused due to water are more widespread and lethal than the others. The prime concern is to make available the pathogen free water to the society.

WFR India is a commercial entity which is incorporated to spread the usage of HRCM water filters for Clean and Healthy Water in India and South East Asia. WFR India’s mission is to make sure that clean water is reached to each individual at affordable pricing. WFR is not non-profitable organization but it is a social commercial entity. While making sure that clean water is available all living beings WFR is also responsible to make sure that entity is self sustained business incorporation. WFR is also responsible to generate sufficient funds to future research and development. The raised fund will take care of Marketing and Advertisement of WFR and HRCM in the territory.

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